as in trivialities
something of little importance
socialites whose lives were almost entirely consumed by fripperies
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smoke
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As plumes of thick smoke rose over Tehran, Israel was attacked with yet another barrage of Iranian missiles and drones.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025 -
If each particle of light could leave a smoke trail in its wake, a right-handed screw of smoke would emerge from one prism and a left-handed screw from another.—
Zack Savitsky,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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“Fripperies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fripperies. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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